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Catherine Ann MacDougal

Released
Gender:Female
Era:2010s
State:West Virginia
Time Imprisoned:
27 Days
Support
Environmental Activism
Catherine Ann MacDougal

Biography

Catherine Ann MacDougal, known as Squirrel, participated in the Coal River Mountain tree sit and a coal-barge blockade in West Virginia. MacDougal wrote about jail conditions and the environmental campaign after custody in 2012.

Calculated release date for the stay beginning May 24, 2012: May 26, 2012, adding the recorded completed custody duration of 2 days with elapsed-calendar-day counting. This is a calculated date from the recorded admission and duration, not a separately documented physical-discharge date.

Calculated release date for the stay beginning November 5, 2012: November 23, 2012, adding the recorded completed custody duration of 18 days with elapsed-calendar-day counting. This is a calculated date from the recorded admission and duration, not a separately documented physical-discharge date.

Calculated release date for the stay beginning February 9, 2012: February 16, 2012, adding the recorded 7-day equivalent of the reported completed weeks in custody with elapsed-calendar-day counting. This is a calculated date from the recorded admission and duration, not a separately documented physical-discharge date.

Calculated release date

Calculated release date for the stay beginning February 9, 2012: February 16, 2012, adding the recorded 7-day equivalent of the reported completed weeks in custody with elapsed-calendar-day counting. This is a calculated date from the recorded admission and duration, not a separately documented physical-discharge date.

Calculated release date

Calculated release date for the stay beginning November 5, 2012: November 23, 2012, adding the recorded completed custody duration of 18 days with elapsed-calendar-day counting. This is a calculated date from the recorded admission and duration, not a separately documented physical-discharge date.

Calculated release date

Calculated release date for the stay beginning May 24, 2012: May 26, 2012, adding the recorded completed custody duration of 2 days with elapsed-calendar-day counting. This is a calculated date from the recorded admission and duration, not a separately documented physical-discharge date.

Cases

Charges: Trespassing following Coal River Mountain tree sit — no-contest plea; conspiracy dropped
Sentenced: Feb 9, 2012
Incarcerated: Feb 9, 2012
Released: Feb 16, 2012
Sentence: Entered Southern Regional Jail February 9, 2012 for seven days. The campaign recorded a jail visit and a statement during the term; the February 18 first-person update confirms that the week had been served and release had occurred. Exact release day remains unverified. Calculated release date for the stay beginning February 9, 2012: February 16, 2012, adding the recorded 7-day equivalent of the reported completed weeks in custody with elapsed-calendar-day counting. This is a calculated date from the recorded admission and duration, not a separately documented physical-discharge date.
Plead: No Contest
Charges: Coal-barge protest at Chelyan — initial detention, individual statutory count unverified
Arrested: May 24, 2012
Incarcerated: May 24, 2012
Released: May 26, 2012
Sentence: Spent two days in South Central Regional Jail immediately after the May 24, 2012 action. The November sentencing report expressly credits these two days against the later twenty-day sentence. The exact release day is unverified. Calculated release date for the stay beginning May 24, 2012: May 26, 2012, adding the recorded completed custody duration of 2 days with elapsed-calendar-day counting. This is a calculated date from the recorded admission and duration, not a separately documented physical-discharge date.
Charges: Coal-barge protest plea — remaining custody after credit; individual count unverified
Sentenced: Nov 5, 2012
Incarcerated: Nov 5, 2012
Released: Nov 23, 2012
Sentence: Returned to South Central Regional Jail November 5, 2012 to serve eighteen remaining days of a twenty-day sentence, with two earlier days credited. MacDougal rejected a proposed probation arrangement; the final agreement imposed no probation. November 20 reporting confirms continued custody, and the November 26 update confirms release. The projected Thanksgiving release is not recorded as an independently verified exact day. Calculated release date for the stay beginning November 5, 2012: November 23, 2012, adding the recorded completed custody duration of 18 days with elapsed-calendar-day counting. This is a calculated date from the recorded admission and duration, not a separately documented physical-discharge date.
Judge: Magistrate Workman (November 5, 2012 coal-barge protest plea)
Plead: Guilty